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<center>*You cannot find peace by avoiding life.*</center>

<center>**- Virginia Woolf -**</center>
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Lately peace has been difficult to come by; *peace of mind*. I usually have a great deal going on in my life and *get after it* pretty well meaning I push hard on life to get the best from it. Mostly I'm in control and make it work nicely, however not always. 

With my work situation changing a couple weeks ago I've had less time to *get life done* and through necessity have been forced to fit everything into a shorter space of time; that's not conducive to finding peace generally. I know the importance of finding peace of mind, a central point or *re-set* which helps me launch at the next phase of activities and so I've taken more than a few beach walks to find some balance over the last weeks.

I usually hike a lot however the lack of time has meant I've had to rely on the beach walks to help me cast off the unwanted stresses from the day, and life itself. I often walk quite late in the evening so I can catch the sunset, the sight of which brings a certain calmness to me all by itself. Add in the walk and the sounds of the ocean and before long I'm feeling pretty calm, centred and at peace. Mostly. 

I work hard at living life the best I can, to make sure it counts. That means I try to get the most out of each day and *each moment* by being one hundred percent present and finding enjoyment and purpose. This extends to work of course, I take my work seriously and give it the respect it's due. I'm not a slave to it though; I don't *live to work*, I **_live to live_** and so chase after life rather than drift along allowing myself to be carried this way and that without some input. Sure, one can't always *control life* but one can control one's attitudes, thoughts and actions and that's what I work on every day. At the beach sometimes.

I hope y'all have had a great Wednesday, or have a great one planned. Mine is going to end with an hour or so on the beach tonight, a walk and then I'll take a seat and watch the sunset whilst I eat a dinner of fish and chips. It's a very basic evening but the sort of simple moment in which I will find a lot of peace; it's a restorative moment.

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Design and create your ideal life, don't live it by default - *Tomorrow isn't promised so be humble and kind*

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